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Disabled people !

Help, don't just sympathize

By: Moid Uddin Shaheen


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"Disability is not a brave struggle or courage in

the face of adversity. Disability is an art. Its an

ingenious way to live." - Neil Marcus


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Defining Disability and PWDs

Disability means the lack of ability to

perform an activity in a manner , which is

considered to be normal.

PWDS means People With Disabilities.


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Major Types of Disabilities

Disability can be :

1. Inborn

2. Acquired due to some accident

The major types of disabilities due to the above

reasons :

a) Blindness

b) Hearing Impairment

c) Mental Retardation

d) Locomotor Disability


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Inborn or Acquired

INBORN:

Inborn disability means that theperson has that diseases fromthe time of his birth. It may bedue to some genetic problem orsome complications during birth.These can be mental as well asphysical.

ACQUIRED:

Acquired means the disability

gained due to some accident,misshape or some trauma in thatpersons life Resulting indisability. This may also bephysical or mental.


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Blindness

A level of vision that with

standard correction hinders

an individual on the visual

planning and execution of

tasks, but which permits

enhancement of the

functional vision through the

use of optical aids and

environmental modification

or techniques.


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Hearing Impairment

Hearing Impairment meansloss of sixty decibels or morein the better ear in the

conversational range offrequencies.

It may be due to incompleteformation of your ear and itscomplete system or maybedue to some accident,misshape resulting in hearingimpairment. These people arecalled Deaf.


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Mental Retardation

Mental Retardation :means acondition of arrested or incompletedevelopment of mind of a personwhich is specially characterized by

sub normality and intelligence.

Some Types are:

1. Dyslexia

2. Downs syndrome3. Asperger's syndrome

4. Autism

5. M.S

6. Adhd


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Locomotor Disability

Locomotors Disability means

disability of the bones, joints or

muscles leading to substantial

restriction of the movement of the

limbs or any form of cerebral

palsy.

This may be due to deformities or

incomplete growth or just maybe

due to their mental capabilities.


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Disabled People in Pakistan

In Pakistan the requirements of

physically challenged are hardly

addressed.

In addition, disabilities issues

dont surface as social

problems because families are

ashamed of having someone

with a disability, and try instead

to solve the issues as a family

problem.


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Figures of disabled people in Pakistan

It is estimated that between

5% and 10% of the

population of 172 million

are disabled.

Considering 38 million

people in Pakistan live

below the poverty line,

disabled people face all

kinds of barriers when it

comes to employment,

education and health care.


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Some common problems for disabled

people in Pakistan

1. They need to prove their disability and get

themselves certified.

2. The procedure is very teasing and difficult.

3. There is lack of responsibility and

regularity in the officers who are supposeto certify them.

4. All useable goods, supporting equipments

for disabled persons are very costly.

5. Most of the education institutions and

business offices are multi storied buildings.Mostly with no facility of lifts.

6. No Ramps, parking spaces and special

washrooms in public places.


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Difficulties for physically challenged

students

1. In our country at all education levels 2%quota is reserved for physically disabled

students.

2. They need to have a certificate of

disability in order to register.

3. Complicated system of registration.

4. Lack of responsibility among the

registration staff.

5. As the education system is

commercialized. Its very expensive for

them.

6. No hostel facility is provided for these

special students.


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Difficulties for Jobs

In Pakistan for jobs 2% seats are reserved for disablepersons which means that they can get one job in anorganization where 50 persons are working which isnot good.

In Pakistan most of the organizations are small sodisable person after getting education are also not in aposition to get a job and spend their lives as arespectable citizen.

In Federal public service exam (CSS) no seats arereserved for disable persons despite the fact that theyhave proved their capabilities in the recent years bycompeting.


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Difficulties at Government Level

Problems cannot be solved until realrepresentatives are not present at every stage.

It is amazing that at the legislation stage in senate

and national and provincial assemblies there areno seats reserved for disable persons THAN HOWCAN THEIR PROBLEMS BE SOLVED?

If uneducated people can come in ourgovernment then why not those who gaveeverything to get their education and those whoactually know what human pains at physical,emotional and at mental level means?


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Exploitation of Disabled People

Disabled are commonly exploited at somany levels and the irony of this is thatthey are exploited by those who we callas Humans.

Poor families use their disable children toearn them money.

These inhumane families dontsympathize with them they just use themto their advantage.

Other corrupted people have madebusinesses out of them.

Have you ever visited a mental hospitalfor the mentally challenged? The waythat the nurses and the doctors treatthem is so inhuman and these conditionsdont help them rather make them more

disturbed.


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Is something being done?

1. How many of us can commonly namethe institutions of Disable People?

2. Are they being educated ?

3. Are they being taken care of?

4. Are they being provided with basic

necessities of life at all levels?

5. Is something being done at any level?

The answer is no to all these

questions . Not at political level, at

society level or even at moral level.

Because the excuse is that we are to

busy in our own lives that we don't

have time for any one.

We dont think about the problems

faced by these mentally and physically

challenged people.


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What can we do?

Being humans its our moral duty to

help these people.

But we need to keep them to speed

with us we cannot leave them!

We have to correct ourselves and bringchange only then we can be successful

and compete with the other countries.

Differently abled people have

wonderful experiences and talents to

share just give them a chance.

DONOT call them disabled or abnormal

but rather physically challenged or

mentally challenged.


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Take a Stand! We need to raise our voices and take a

stand for these people being Muslims

and being educated we have to.

if we can take steps to help people who

our effected by some problem in other

countries then why not for those who

live with us?

After all charity begins at home!

We need to make trusts, organize

fundraisers, and encourage others to

join this cause and make their lives

better.

And we need to start social services to

help those families who have these

fates. And let them know that they are

not alone.


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THANK YOU!

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